On Monday, the James B. Bean Distilling Firm introduced the discharge of its small-batch, extremely coveted Little E-book sequence: Chapter 9, “None for Granted.”
This 12 months’s version of Little E-book — which was launched by eighth-generation grasp distiller Freddie Noe in 2017 — is an homage to the founding flavors that formed fashionable American whiskey.
“Chapter 9 takes us again a number of a long time, to an period when whiskey as we all know it was simply discovering its ft,” Freddie Noe mentioned in a press launch. “As prospects have been explored and foundations have been laid, a sure profile started to emerge: one constructed on brown sweets, the comforting heat of vanilla, creamy caramel and large oak. ‘None for Granted’ celebrates these founding flavors: those which are nonetheless the spine of American Whiskey as we speak”
This limited-edition bottling is crafted from a mix of 5 distinctive liquids: an 11-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, an 8-year-old Kentucky straight rye whiskey, an 8-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, and two completely different 7-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskies. Bottled at 121.8 proof (60.8 % ABV), the whiskey delivers aromas of caramel and brown sugar and a palate of ripe apples, butterscotch, baking spice, and stone fruit.
Little E-book Chapter 9, “None for Granted” is now obtainable in restricted portions nationwide for a recommended retail worth of $159.99.
